Who's getting it? Which edition?
This will be the first game I'm preordering since God of War 3, tbh. I'll likely get the Gamestop pre-order deal with the N7 armor and 2 assault rifles.
Who's getting it? Which edition?
This will be the first game I'm preordering since God of War 3, tbh. I'll likely get the Gamestop pre-order deal with the N7 armor and 2 assault rifles.
Code:Originally Posted by Timvp Hanging yourself by your junk puts you into a separate category.
Is it worth getting if I haven't played 2? I played one but didn't think too highly of it.
If you don't care too much about the fine details of ME2 you can skip it, as ME3 has the option to recap both ME and ME1. But if you didn't like ME too much then I'm not sure how much you'll like the rest of the games.
ME2 was more of a shooter than ME was, but I heard they're also restoring the RPG elements while improving the shooter aspect in ME3.
As soon as I see it for less than $50 i'm buying it. I hope it's more like ME1 (good story + RPG), and less like ME2 (hallway shooter filled with recruiting missions and chest high walls)
edit: 48 bucks at newegg? sold
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Here's the latest trailer featuring a female Shepard...
All I can say is holy shit. I doesn't make a difference to me that the trailer has a female Shep... the game just looks badass. This is definitely one of my favorite video game franchises ever.
I have the collector's edition pre-ordered. That's the first and probably last time I spend that much on a video game.
Damn, now I'm debating whether to get the regular or Collector's edition. I'll make my mind up when I pass by Gamestop today.
SPOILER!!!!!!!!
This is footage of someone who somehow got early access to the demo... it shows pretty much the entire begining (intro) of the game, including the 1st and 2nd missions of the demo (not necesarilly the first and 2nd missions of the game)..
If you dont want the first 30-60min of gameplay to be spoiled for you.... you have been warned... dont watch.
In the first video, skip ahead to about 1:55 to get to character creation stuff.... Skip to about 3:30 to get to the intro and gameplay.
2nd video picks up right where 1st video left off.
Playing a ME3 game on Facebook and correctly guessing a sequence got you early access to the demo.
I only watched the first video, and I'm pretty hyped. Got my copy pre-ordered.
Replaying ME2 on Insanity as an Infiltrator. It is so much better than Adept, which is shitty.
I only played insanity once with Infiltrator, tbh. I think I died only once in my entire playthrough, I might try another class before ME3.
Damn. I'm not that good.
It is much easier with Infiltrator than with Adept. Adept is a pain in the ass to play. Infiltrator is versatile and fun. I breezed through parts of the game with Infiltrator that I had trouble with while playing Adept.
Adept was cooler in ME1 where singularity and throw and all the biotic stuff in general was just insanely cool. The physics were just a lot more loose and you could like pull an entire room into a singuIarity and then just fuck shit up however. I played an adept in ME2, but used infiltrator for my insanity playthrough; it would be hard to do otherwise I think.
I was kinda regretting playing infiltrator, I never once used cloak, and only used control AI a handful of times.
On Insanity, Cloak was crucial for getting out of bad situations. I use it to run away from Praetorians all the time.
lol, without cloak I would've died a dozen more times on insanity. When you get the Widow sniper, the game's a fuckin' wrap. A bullet to the head put most creatures down.
yeah, I don't often play on the hardest level, cause then it just becomes work.
anyone else think the shadow broker DLC was actually tougher than the suicide mission, or was I just getting lazy?
Tougher? Not really. But the two boss fights were both unique and actually required a bit of strategy compared to most battles in the main questline.
As for the infiltrator. It's pretty overpowered compared to the other classes. A cloaked headshot with the widow sniper rifle pretty much dropped everything in the game. The vanguard in Me1 takes it though. If you have singularity as your bonus power, nothing will ever touch you even on the hardest difficulty. Singularity, throw, and lift to control the crowd, then launch a rocket out of your shotgun to clean up the mess. Rinse and repeat. Your squad-mates are basically just spectators.
I'm totally with you on that. It makes sense in that when it was released the target audience was people who had beaten the game and wanted more so they should up the challenge a little. But if you're a late comer to the game like I was (I bought it at a Black Friday sale, came packaged with most of the DLC) and start The Lair of the Shadow Broke it in the middle of the game when it first becomes available the difficulty spike is pretty jarring. The fight with the Spectre might be the best boss fight in the whole game.
Lair of The Shadow Broker was tough on Insanity when I played Adept. I haven't played it with Infiltrator yet. Hell, Kasumi's DLC was tough, too, but it beck a lot easier with Infiltrator.
Lair definitely had the best boss fights, though.
oh no, just discovered that ME3 won't run through steam and will require EA's origin software. fuck that, I can wait till the GotY edition is available on steam for $30 next year
I'm mixed on the demo. The combat, and new skill trees are nice. While it isn't in the game, weapon/armor modding should be cool too.
The storyline/narrative sucks from the little bit we see. And the demo starts just as the game will apparently. It was originally said that Shepard would be on trial for his actions in the "Arrival" DLC when the Reavers attack. That was all cut out. Shepard and the Normandy are grounded for some unspecified reason (no mention of Shepard's involvement with Cerberus or anything) when the Reavers hit. What follows is a very clinical and emotionless escape from a generic futuristic city being destroyed by giant robots. No civilians around, no panic, nothing. Just a couple injured soldiers and burning buildings. You do see one child killed just for emotion manipulation. Then you are rescued by the Normandy... which is now part of the Alliance fleet for some reason? Cerberus crew, AI, and all? It just feels like there is missing exposition. No proper bridge between ME2 and 3.
Plus the dialogue wheel is gimped to shit. Shepard pretty much talks on his own. Hopefully this is strictly for the demo.
Anyway... I'll reserve final judgement until I play the finished game.
As I've said before I thought ME2 really was a missed opportunity in terms of the storyline - it suffered form the same gaps in logical flow. So honestly, I'm not expecting much of an improvement for ME3. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised, otherwise I'm just gonna enjoy all the other parts of the game I love.
Definitely getting it, at whatever is the most expensive edition likely. I only get four or five games a year now, if that, and I'm stoked for this one.
I can never replay these games. I get too attached to the character I've created/played through, and so my other saves get abandoned after a few hours.
Yeah, it's gonna be dissapointing if this is how ME3 actually starts. What happened to the squad from ME2? Cerberus? The Illusive Man? Why would the Reapers start with Earth, wasn't there a nearer planet to start with for the invasion? I know Shep is human and all, but the whole invasion seemed weak. Ah well, just gonna wait and see.
I'm still pissed off because I thought I locked them out of our universe by severing their connection to the citadel
only one, and it's a human planet as well
if certain rumors are true, buying Mass Effect 3 makes you a bad person
Yeah, it just seemed so convenient that the Reapers would start with Earth. Felt to me the Reapers overall got dumber as the series went on, lol.
ME1: The Protheans disabled the Keepers, let's indoctrinate someone to manually open the Mass Relay at the Citadel (makes sense).
ME2: Let's make our mysteries servants the Collectors (had no part in ME1) kidnap billions of humans to make a Human Reaper (for what?)
ME3: Fuck it let's just fly to Earth and fuck it up, that'll make Shepard mad!
And the nickle and diming for DLC is the new norm for the gaming industry, not surprising at all.
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